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21 Provisions

 

CHF 1,000

Warranties
and returns

 

WEEE1

 

 

Legal cases

 

 

Other

 

 

Total 2015

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2015

 10,944 

 997 

 497 

 7,780 

 20,218 

Acquisition through business combination

 632 

 1,005 

 1,637 

Provisions made

 1,074 

 87 

 321 

 1,467 

 2,949 

Provisions used

 (2,738) 

 (471) 

 (416) 

 (3,625) 

Provisions reversed

 (251) 

 (26) 

 (277) 

Translation differences

 (191) 

 (83) 

 (21) 

 (173) 

 (468) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

 9,470 

 1,001 

 326 

 9,637 

 20,434 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof current

 9,470 

 326 

 6,590 

 16,386 

Thereof non-current

 1,001 

 3,047 

 4,048 

1 WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)

 

CHF 1,000

Warranties
and returns

 

WEEE1

 

Legal cases

 

 

Other

 

 

Total 2016

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2016

9,470

1,001

326

9,637

20,434

Acquisition through business combination

286

2,337

2,623

Provisions made

8,996

60

1,859

10,915

Provisions used

(6,548)

(1,112)

(7,660)

Provisions reversed

(273)

(49)

(164)

(45)

(531)

Translation differences

 (8) 

(34)

(1)

57

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

11,923

978

161

12,733

25,795

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof current

11,923

161

9,512

21,596

Thereof non-current

978

3,221

4,199

  1. WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)

The provision for legal cases (2016: CHF 0.2 million and 2015: CHF 0.3 million) relates to several legal cases with former customers and employees in different subsidiaries, for which the timing of settlement was uncertain at year-end.

 

The position ‘other’ contains provisions to cover commitments relating to other non-current employee benefits (2016: CHF 3.0  million and 2015: CHF 2.8 million), to parts and material for discontinued products (2016: CHF 4.9 million and 2015: CHF 5.1 million), to regulatory issues (2016: CHF 0.3 million and 2015: CHF 1.3 million), to controversial transactional tax positions (2016: CHF 4.1 million and 2015: CHF 0.0 million) and to several minor items (2016: CHF 0.4 million and 2015: CHF 0.4 million).

 

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